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Mashable! |
NYT Strands hints, answers for August 20, 2025
The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.
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TechRadar - All the la... |
Grammarly is giving students AI to help them learn – and maybe succeed
Grammarly’s new AI agents can help students write without replacing you
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Business Insider |
The White House just joined TikTok a month before it's set to be banned (again)
The White House joined TikTok less than a month before it could face a ban, though Trump has already extended the deadline three times.
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CNET News |
See Six Planets Line Up in the Last Planet Parade For Three Years
Don't miss a chance to catch Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus in the sky at the same time.
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CNET News |
Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 20 #535
Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Aug. 20, No. 535.
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ZDNet |
I'm a longtime Pixel user - and I still wouldn't buy one at this moment
With a little patience, you can score a brand-new Pixel 10 or get a deeper discount on an older model.
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CNET News |
Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 20, #331
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 20, No. 331
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xda-developers |
6 classic games my elder brother helped me beat as a kid
Before the age of walkthroughs and YouTube guides, I only had my brother to turn to when I couldn't get past bosses or missions in these games.
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Mashable! |
Alien: Earth episode 3: Why is Wendy affected by the alien surgery?
In "Alien: Earth" episode 3, Wendy feels pain when the Xenomorph is being operated on. But why?
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TechRadar - All the la... |
The rumored M5 Pro Mac mini could be the perfect little gaming box, and I can’t wait to try it
The M5 Mac mini might be the device that finally convinces me to say goodbye to the M1.
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xda-developers |
If you have this "verified" Chrome extension installed, you need to delete it immediately
Make sure you delete this Chrome extension before it spies on you.
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AppleInsider News |
Apple may back out of MLB entirely as NBC closes in on 'Sunday Night Baseball' rights
Even though Apple was meant to air "Friday Night Baseball" until 2029, a new report suggests the company will give up on the sport early, giving NBC/Peacock rights to both Friday and Sunday games.Apple may be done with the MLB. Image source: AppleApple has tried to take advantage of the halo effect caused by offering sports on a streaming platform, but so far, those efforts keep falling flat. There's no telling how successful MLS has been for Apple, and now it seems ready to dump its MLB partner...
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CNET News |
What Worries Americans About AI? Politics, Jobs and Friends
A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds almost half of Americans think AI is bad news for humanity.
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9to5Mac |
MacBook Pro just got a Thunderbolt 5 SSD option that rivals built-in storage
Thunderbolt 5 is still fairly new, with the newest MacBook Pro bringing the cutting edge technology to the masses. Other World Computing just announced that takes advantage of Thunderbolt 5’s speed boost, offering external SSD performance that approaches built-in storage speeds.
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Slashdot |
Electricity Prices Are Climbing More Than Twice as Fast as Inflation
Electricity prices have increased at more than double the inflation rate over the past year, according to NPR reporting. Florida Power & Light customers face monthly bills exceeding $400 during summer months, prompting the utility to seek a 13% rate increase over four years that drew tens of thousands of petition signatures in opposition.
The Energy Department projects data centers will consume more electricity than residential customers for the first time in 2026. Natural gas costs for po...
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TechRadar - All the la... |
Top casino gaming firm Bragg says it was hit by a cyberattack - but the hackers may not have struck the jackpot
The attack doesn't seem to have caused much trouble, but Bragg says it is still investigating.
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GeekWire |
Protesters set up temporary encampment at Microsoft to pressure company on Israel contracts
Protesters took over part of Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus for more than an hour Tuesday — escalating their efforts to pressure the company to stop providing technology to the Israeli government and military. Members of the No Azure for Apartheid group, which includes current and former Microsoft employees, allege that the company’s technology is being used in the surveillance, starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza. Microsoft has said it complies with its human rights commitm...
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Business Insider |
'Throw it away,' says the FDA to shoppers who may have bought Walmart shrimp exposed to radioactive contamination
The FDA is warning shoppers not to eat the Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart after detecting possible radioactive contamination.
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Business Insider |
Chipotle wants to turn dorm rooms into burrito bowls
Chipotle on Tuesday announced a new merchandise collaboration with Urban Outfitters, including a lamp, bean bag chairs, and foil throw blanket.
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The Guardian |
White House launches official TikTok account after Trump vowed ban in 2020
US president was concerned over app’s Chinese ownership, but has softened after believing it won him 2024 electionThe White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the US despite a law requiring its sale.“America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?” read a caption on the account’s first post, a 27-second clip, on the popular video-sharing app. Continue reading...
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TechPowerUp |
Borderlands 4 To Rely on NVIDIA DLSS 4 and FrameGen To Hit High Framerates
NVIDIA has officially shown off Borderlands 4 running with DLSS 4, MFG, and RTX enabled in a YouTube video, although fans of the game's franchise have some concerns that the game will depend entirely on generated frame to hit high frame rates. In the trailer, the POV character is facing off against a boss, and the on-screen frame counter reads "262 FPS, 4K DLSS 4," and RTX is enabled. In theory, this means that the game is running at around 65 FPS with MFG disabled, since MFG can inser...
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9to5Mac |
Zoom to drop support for iOS 13 and iOS 14 soon
Heads up for readers whose corporate devices are stuck on older iOS versions: Zoom’s latest release notes say the app will soon end support for iOS 13 and iOS 14. Here’s what that means in practice.
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AppleInsider News |
SanDisk Creator Phone SSD review: Colorful iPhone MagSafe SSD for videographers
The MagSafe-attached SanDisk Creator Phone SSD is a boon for iPhone videographers, who just need more space to shoot high-quality video.SanDisk Creator Phone SSDSince Apple introduced the ability to record high-resolution video from an iPhone to an external drive, a bunch of drives have arrived on the market specifically for the task. Nearly all of them, as you'd expect, are compact 10 gigabit per second drives that clip into the base of the iPhone or use MagSafe to hang off the back.SanDisk's r...
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xda-developers |
5 VLAN mistakes I keep seeing people make
Learn about the top 5 VLAN setup errors, including native VLAN issues, incorrect port assignments, missing management VLANs, and more. Follow best practices to avoid these pitfalls.
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9to5Mac |
CarPlay just arrived as a free OTA update for one of the fastest-growing EVs
CarPlay has just expanded to one of the fastest-growing EVs on the market, arriving this week through a free over-the-air update.
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xda-developers |
Score the WD BLACK SN850X 2TB SSD for less as it drops to $130
Grab this top-tier SSD at an unbeatable price
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Gizmodo |
The Creator of ‘Severance’ Just Explained a Key Logistical Question
Dan Erickson has explained, specifically, how something on the Apple TV+ show works. What a world.
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xda-developers |
Excel is getting a new feature that lets you just explain what formula you want
When you just want to tell the software to "do it" already.
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Gizmodo |
Is Meta’s Superintelligence Overhaul a Sign Its AI Goals Are Struggling?
The company is dismantling the division it built two months ago, and is looking to downsize after a remarkably expensive hiring spree.
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9to5Mac |
9to5Mac Daily: August 19, 2025 – iOS 26 beta 7 new features
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
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TweakTown News |
Xbox cloud console, streaming-only Game Pass tier hinted at by Microsoft
Microsoft VP of Experiences at Xbox Jason Beaumont hints at more cloud-oriented moves from the company, including standalone subscription and/or hardware.Continue reading at TweakTown
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9to5Mac |
Report: Apple strikes out of baseball coverage on Apple TV+, Friday Night Baseball to end
A package of MLB baseball rights are currently up for grabs. As recently as last week, Apple was said to be a front runner to land expanded baseball streaming coverage. But according to Yahoo Sports reporter Kendall Baker, that is no longer the case.
According to the report, Apple has elected to exit its relationship with Major League Baseball altogether. That means it will add no new Sunday games, and it also implicates the future of Friday Night Baseball. Friday Night Baseball currently str...
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Business Insider |
Is Google behind a mysterious new AI image generator? These bananas might confirm it.
A new AI image generator has been blowing people's socks off. Who's behind it? We may have cracked the case.
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Business Insider |
Please let me eat the radioactive shrimp from Walmart
The FDA warns that a shipment of frozen shrimp meant for Walmart tested positive for radioactive poisoning.
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VentureBeat |
Stop benchmarking in the lab: Inclusion Arena shows how LLMs perform in production
Researchers from Inclusion AI and Ant Group proposed a new LLM leaderboard that takes its data from real, in-production apps.
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Gizmodo |
How the Casting of ‘Andor’ Brought More Powerful Women to ‘Star Wars’
Casting directors Nina Gold and Martin Ware discuss finding the right actresses for Tony Gilroy's series.
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The Register |
Top AWS chip designer reportedly defects to Arm as it weighs push into silicon
Rami Sinno led Trainium and Inferentia development at Amazon
British chip designer Arm Holdings has reportedly recruited one of Amazon Web Services' top chip engineers.…
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Slashdot |
Pakistan's Internet Connectivity Abruptly Plummets To 20%
Pakistan's internet connectivity dropped to 20% of normal levels Tuesday, affecting the country's 116 million internet users, according to NetBlocks. The outage primarily impacted backbone operator PTCL. It's unclear what caused the outage. The Wireless and Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan noted the date coincided with a similar collapse in 2022. Pakistan suffered $1.62 billion in economic losses from internet disruptions in 2024, the highest globally. The country confirmed ins...
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TechRadar - All the la... |
NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1523, Wednesday, August 20
Looking for Wordle hints? I can help. Plus get the answers to Wordle today and yesterday.
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Android Police - Andro... |
Get the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 with a $300 discount
No contracts, no trade-ins
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CNET News |
This Phone for Kids Will Block the Capture of Nude Content From Within the Camera
The HMD Fuse uses AI to prevent children from seeing, saving, sending or filming sexual content. The company says it's impossible to bypass.
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xda-developers |
Smart plugs are the best thing in my smart home
I love my smart home, and the humble smart plug is one of the best things in it
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TechRadar - All the la... |
4 surprising ways you can gain control of your kid's screen time on the iPhone and iPad
Apple is upgrading its approach to parental controls across its ecosystem. We check out the best updates.
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TweakTown News |
SoftBank buys $2 billion in Intel shares after Trump admin eyes a 10% stake in the company
SoftBank announces its intention to purchase up to $2 billion worth of Intel common shares, investment into advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the US.Continue reading at TweakTown
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Neowin |
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's next expansion lets you build Henry a custom home
Warhorse Studios' next expansion for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will let players create a custom home as he follows in his father's footsteps of being a blacksmith.
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TechCrunch |
Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling
While Deel is calling this a "Rippling-aligned" suit, it's not the lawsuit filed by Rippling involving an alleged corporate spy.
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CNET News |
Made by Google Pixel 10 Event Watch Party: Watch the New Phone Reveals With Us Today
Our live show begins Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT) and will lead right into the Made by Google event.
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Techdirt |
Train Maker Sues Hackers For Exposing Dodgy Efforts To Make Train Repairs More Difficult
Back in 2023 we wrote about how regional Polish rail company and a train manufacturer NEWAG had taken to using DRM to lock down trains that are repaired by independent technicians, in a bid to both monopolize — and drive up the costs of repair. This kind of effort to monopolize repair is common across […]
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TechPowerUp |
ASUS Intros ROG Strix X870E-H Gaming WiFi7 Motherboard
ASUS fleshed out its Socket AM5 motherboard lineup with the new ROG Strix X870E-H Gaming WiFi7. The AMD 800-series chipset generation is the first one on the AMD platform to get the Strix-H (hero) tier of motherboards from ASUS, which had until now had only the other levels—Strix-F (formula), Strix-E (extreme), Strix-G (gene), and Strix-I (impact). The Strix-H (hero) is not to be confused with the ROG Crosshair Hero tier, which is positioned above even Strix-E. ASUS recently rolled out the ROG...
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Ars Technica |
Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine meddling on COVID shot guidance
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children under age 2 get vaccinated.
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xda-developers |
Score $150 off the Toshiba N300 Pro 24TB NAS HDD
Score $150 off retail for a limited time
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TechRadar - All the la... |
They keep coming! One more workstation laptop has emerged with an AMD Ryzen AI MAX 395 CPU - and I can't wait to find out how much it costs
New Emdoor workstation brings Ryzen AI MAX power, soldered memory, a heavy build, and gaming-style features, leaving doubts about its real role and professional appeal.
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Best VPN deals: Protect your privacy for the lowest prices
Whether you’re looking for something that will give you the privacy you need or access to location-restricted streaming content, we’ve got you covered with the very best VPN deals currently available. But not all deals are worth it, so we only highlight those offered by reputable providers that we’ve personally reviewed and recommend.
We’ve also included some helpful answers to common questions about VPN shopping at the bottom of this article. Before you decide on a new VPN, be sure t...
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NYT Strands hints, answers for August 20, 2025
